Isaiah 64:6
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6 We have all become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth.
We all fade like a leaf,
and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.(A)
Romans 7:18
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18 For I know that the good does not dwell within me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do the good lies close at hand, but not the ability.(A)
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Romans 7:24
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24 Wretched person that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
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Ephesians 2:1-2
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From Death to Life
2 You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world,[a] following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient.[b](A)
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Zechariah 3:3
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3 Now Joshua was wearing filthy clothes as he stood before the angel.
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Revelation 3:17-18
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17 For you say, ‘I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.’ You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.(A) 18 Therefore I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white robes to clothe yourself and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.(B)
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Isaiah 53:6
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6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have all turned to our own way,
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.(A)
Titus 3:3
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3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.(A)
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Job 42:5-6
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5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you;(A)
6 therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes.”(B)
Job 25:4
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4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?(A)
Job 14:4
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4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one can.(A)
Philippians 3:9
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9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law but one that comes through faith in Christ,[a] the righteousness from God based on faith.(A)
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- 3.9 Or through the faith of Christ
Job 15:14-16
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14 What are mortals, that they can be clean?
Or those born of woman, that they can be righteous?(A)
15 God puts no trust even in his holy ones,
and the heavens are not clean in his sight;(B)
16 how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,
one who drinks iniquity like water!(C)
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